Table 3: Perceived benefits of Tile-Ippokratis services.

Type of users Physicians Patients Scenario Home care Good alternative for avoiding frequent visits to the hospital Long term-appreciation of patient’s situation—useful in cases of emergency Shifting of the location of care, out of hospitals Increased sense of safety Avoidance of unnecessary visits to the hospital Increased sense of “always connected” with their doctors Rural health center Sense of “team” work between remote located medical personnel Time savings from patients’ transportation to Skylitsio General Hospital and other large hospitals Increased sense of safety because of the second opinion choice Low-cost ehealth services. One ehealth system for many patients Ensuring continuity of healthcare and patient followups Larger number of patients own their electronic personal record Increased positive attitude against ICT technologies Promotion of behavioural modification, goal setting, prevention rather than treatment and adjusting to living with a chronic disease improving patients' feeling of safety Assist patients to self-manage their chronic condition and enhance supportive measures to promote self-management in the long term